1.0American Civil Liberties UnionAnnie Whitford/news/author/annie-whitfordrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="p8uKdMAtNl"><a href="/documents/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country-2021">Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across the Country 2021</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/documents/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country-2021/embed#?secret=p8uKdMAtNl" width="600" height="338" title="“Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across the Country 2021” — American Civil Liberties Union" data-secret="p8uKdMAtNl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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While more states every year work to pass laws to protect LGBTQ people, we continue to see state legislatures advancing bills that target transgender people, limit local protections, and allow the use of religion to discriminate. *Note: Bills are reported as Active below if they were introduced in their states' 2020 legislative sessions and have carried over to 2021. The status date indicates the convening of the state's 2021 session or the most current activity on a particular bill. Download .csv of 2021 Session bills View 2024 Session bills View 2023 Session bills View 2022 Session bills View 2020 Session bills View 2019 Session bills. View 2018 Session bills. Anti-LGBTQ Bills:Anti-Trans Bills These measures target transgender and nonbinary people for discrimination, such as by barring or criminalizing healthcare for transgender youth, barring access to the use of appropriate facilities like restrooms, restricting transgender students’ ability to fully participate in school and sports, allowing religiously-motivated discrimination against trans people, or making it more difficult for trans people to get identification documents with their name and gender. a. Prohibiting healthcare for transgender youth State Bill Number Status AL SB 10 HB 1 SB 5 Died Indefinitely postponed 5/6/21 Prefiled for 2022; will be read for first time 1/11/22 AR SB 347 HB 1570 Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment 10/15/21 Signed into law 4/13/21 AZSB 1511Assigned to committee and read the second time 2/2/21 FL HB 935 HB 211 Died in subcommittee 4/30/21 Prefiled for 2022; referred to committee 10/6/21 GAHB 401Read for the second time 2/16/21IAHF 193Introduced and referred to committee 1/22/21 IN SB 224 Died in committee 2/23/21KSHB 2210Introduced and referred to committee 2/3/21 KY HB 336 HB 477 Died 4/2/21 Died 4/2/21 LA HB 575 SB 104 Referred to committee 4/12/21 Read for the second time and referred to commitee 4/12/21 MO HB 33 Motion to pass failed 5/12/21 MS SB 2171 Died in committee 2/2/21 MT HB 113 Died in process 4/29/21NCSB 514Read for the first time and referred to committee 4/6/21OHHB 454Introduced 10/19/21OK SB 583 SB 676 Read for the second time and referred to committee 2/2/21 Read for the second time and referred to committee 2/2/21 SC HB 3477 HB 4047 Read for the first time and referred to committee 1/12/21 Referred to committee 3/9/21 TN SB 657 HB 578 Referred to committee 2/11/21 Deferred to 2022 TX HB 68 HB1339 SB 16446 Read for the first time and referred to committee 2/25/21 Placed on general state calendar 5/12/21 Read for the third time and passed in Senate 4/28/21; Referred to committee in House 5/3/21 UT HB 92 Died 3/5/21 WV HB 2171Referred to committee 2/10/21 b. Single-Sex Facility Restrictions State Bill Number Status AR HB 1882 HB 1905 Died 10/15/21 Readfor the second time and referred to committee 4/12/21 TN HB 1223 SB 1367 HB 1182 SB 1224 Signed by Governor 5/14/21 Substituted for companion House bill 4/21/21 Signed by Governor 5/17/21 Companion House bill substitute 4/29/21 c. Excluding transgender youth from athletics State Bill Number Status AL HB 391Signed by Governor AR SJR 16 SB 354 SB 450 Died 10/15/21 Signed by Governor 3/29/21 Signed by Governor 4/29/21 AZ SB 1637 Read for the first time 6/30/21 CT SB 324 HB 6128 Referred to committee 1/25/21 Referred to committee 1/29/21 FL HB 935 HB 1475 SB 2012 S 1028 Died in subcommittee 4/30/21 Died in committee 4/30/21 Died in committee 4/30/21 Approved by Governor 6/1/22 GA HB 276 HB 372 SB 266 Read for the second time 2/8/21 Read for the second time 2/11/21 Read for the second time 3/5/21 HIHB 1304Referred to committee 2/1/21 IAHF 184Introduced and referred to committee 1/22/21 KS SB 208Postponed until 2022 KY SB 106 HB 471 Died 4/2/21 Died 4/2/21 LA HB 542 SB 156 Referred to commitee 4/12/21 Senate voted to override the Governor's veto 7/20/21; House failed to override the Governor's veto 7/21/21 MEHP 682Died 7/19/21 MI SB 218Referred to committee 3/10/21 MN HF 350 HF 352 HF 1657 Referred to committee 1/28/21 Referred to committee 1/28/21 Referred to committee 2/25/21 MO HB 1077 HJR 56 SB 503 SB 9 SB 740 Referred to committee 2/18/21 Referred to committee 2/18/21 Read for the second time and referred to committee 3/4/21 Read for the second time and referred to committee 6/26/21 Prefiled 12/1/21 MSSB 2536Approved by Governor 3/11/21 MT HB 112 Signed by Governor 5/7/21 ND HB 1298 Filed with Secretary of State 4/27/21 NH HB 198 Executive Session 10/14/21 NJ S 3540Introduced and referred to committee 3/11/21 NM HB 304Referred to committee 2/18/21 OH HB 61 SB 132 SB 187 Referred to committee 2/4/21 Referred to committee 3/17/21 Passed with amendments 6/24/21 OK SB 331 SB 2 Read for the second time and referred to committee 2/2/21 Passed in Senate 3/1/21; Passed in House 4/20/21 PAHB 972Referred to committee 4/5/21 SC SB 531 HB 4608 Referred to committee 2/9/21 Prefiled and referred to committee 11/17/21 SD HB 1217Veto override failed 3/29/21 TN HB 3 SB 228 Signed by Governor 3/26/21 Signed by Governor 3/26/21 TX SB 29 SB 373 HB 1458 HB 3455 HB 4042 HB 4043 HB 90 HB 10 HB 25 Passed in Senate 4/15/21; Read for the second time in House 5/25/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/9/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/5/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/22/21 Left pending in committee 4/20/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/29/21 Filed 1st Special Session; died 8/6/21 Filed 3rd Special Session; referred to comittee 9/27/21 Signed by Governor 10/25/21 UT HB 302 HB 11 Died 3/5/21 Prefiled 12/13/21 WI AB 195 AB 196 SB 322 SB 323 Read for the third time and passed in Assembly 6/16/21; Read for the first time and referred to committee in Senate 6/21/21 Read for the third time and passed in Assembly 6/16/21; Read for the first time and referred to committee in Senate 6/21/21 Public hearing held 5/26/21 Public hearing held 5/26/21 WV HB 2141 HB 2676 HB 2734 HB 3293 SB 341 Referred to committee 2/10/21 Referred to committee 2/23/21 Referred to committee 2/24/21 Signed by Governor 4/28/21 Referred to committee 2/18/21 d. Restrictions on Identification Documents State Bill Number Status MT LC 2997 /SB 280 Signed by Governor 4/30/21 SD HB 1076 Died in committee 2/5/21 e. Other school or curriculum restrictions State Bill Number Status AZ HB 2011 Prefiled 12/7/21MO HB 1755 HB 645 Prefiled 12/1/21 Prefiled 12/1/21 OK SB 1142Active 2/7/22SC SB 900Prefiled and referred to committee 12/6/21f. Other Anti-Trans bills State Bill Number Status AR HB 1749Died 10/15/21AZHB 2710Read for the second time 2/3/21IA SF 167 HF 272 HF 326 Subcommittee recommends passage 2/16/21 Introduced and referred to committee 1/27/21 Introduced and referred to committee 2/2/21 KY HB 336Died 4/2/21 ND HB 1476 Withdrawn from further consideration 1/21/21 SC HB 4605 Prefiled and referred to committee 11/17/21 Religious Exemption Billsa. Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs) State Bill Number Status AR HJR 1024 SJR 14 Died 10/15/21 Reviewed by Governor 4/30/21 IA HF 170 SF 436 Introduced 1/22/21 Subcommittee recommends passage 3/2/21 IN HB 1503 Died in committee 2/23/21 MT SB 215Signed by Governor 4/22/21 NH HB 440 Passed with amendment in House 4/9/21; Referred to committee in Senate 5/25/21 SD SB 124Signed by the Governor 3/10/21WVHB 2545Referred to committee 2/16/21WYHB 264Did not consider for introduction 3/8/21 b. Religious Exemptions in Healthcare Implicating LGBTQ People State Bill Number Status AR SB 289 Signed by Governor 3/29/21 KY SB 83 Died 4/2/21MTSB 245Died in process 4/29/21NCSB 515Referred to committee 4/6/21 NM SB 323Introduced and referred to committee 2/1/21 SC HB 3518 Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 1/12/21 SD HB 1247Committee vote failed 2/24/21 TX HB 1424 SB 1674 SB17 Placed on general sate calendar 5/13/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/24/21 Introduced 1st Special Session 7/7/21 c. Religious Exemptions in Adoption & Foster Care State Bill Number Status IA HF 170 Introduced 1/22/21 KY HB 524Died 4/2/21SCH 3878Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 2/11/21WVSB 13Introduced and referred to committee 2/10/21 d. Religious Exemptions in Schools and Student Organizations State Bill Number Status MO SB 332 Read for the second time and referred to committee 2/4/21 e. Other Religious Exemption Bills State Bill Number Status IAHF 170Introduced and referred to committee 1/22/21 MA HD 3468Referred to committee in House 3/29/21; Concurred in Senate 3/29/21 ND HB 1476 Withdrawn from further consideration 1/21/21 Bills Pre-Empting Local Protections These bills prevent cities and other local government entities from passing nondiscrimination protections that are more expansive than the protections offered at the state level, including protections for LGBTQ people. Other Anti-LGBTQ Bills State Bill Number Status AR SB 389 Delivered to Governor 4/1/21 IN SB 288 Read for the second time 2/22/21 IN SB 289 Read for the first time and referred to committee 1/11/21 MO HB 786 HB 1693 Referred to committee 3/4/21 Prefiled 12/1/21 OK SB 615 HB 1004 Read for the second time and referred to committee 2/2/21 Second reading referred to commitee 2/13/21 TN SB 1208 SB 1229 HB 529 Passed on second consideration and referred to committee 2/22/21 Signed by Governor 5/3/21 Comparable Senate bill substituted 4/14/21 WI AB 14 SB 31 Referred to committee 3/16/21 Read the second time and referred to committee 3/16/21 LGBTQ Equality Bills a. Nondiscrimination protections State Bill Number Status AK HB 17 Referred to committee 5/5/21IDSB 1030Referred to committee 1/25/21 KY HB 130 HB 116 Died 4/2/21 Died 4/2/21 MO HB 1760 HB 1737 Prefiled 12/1/21 Prefiled 12/21/21 MS SB 2089 HB 806 HB 807 Died in committee 2/2/21 Died in committee 2/2/21 Died in committee 2/2/21 NE LB 120 Hearing scheduled 2/26/21 SC HB 3183 Referred to committee 1/12/21 TX SB 233 HB 188 HB 191 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/3/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 2/25/21 Placed on general state calendar 5/13/21 b. Protections in healthcare State Bill Number Status HI SB 752 Referred to committee 1/27/21 WA SB 5313 Signed by Governor 5/12/21 c. Allowing updated gender markers on ID State Bill Number Status AZ SB 1163 Read for the second time 1/19/21 CA AB 218 AB 439 Enrolled and presented to the Governor 9/17/21 Approved by the Governor 7/9/21 IL HB 9 Read for the third time and passed in the House 4/20/21; Referred to committee in Senate 7/16/21MAHD 153Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to another committee in House 7/28/21; Concurred in Senate 3/29/21MIHB 5349Introduced and referred to committee on 9/29/21 NH HB 295 Heard on the floor 4/7/21 NY S 4402Signed by Governor 6/25/21OKHB 2108Referred for second reading 2/2/21 TX SB 210 HB 338 Read for the first time and referred to committee 3/3/21 Read for the first time and referred to committee 2/25/21 d. Sex work decriminalization bills State Bill Number Status CASB 357Read for the third time and amended 9/12/21CTHB 5934Referred to committee 1/28/21 NY A 849 S 3075 S 2878 Referred to committee 1/6/21 Referred to committee 1/27/21 Referred to committee 1/26/21 e. Other good bills State Bill Number Status AZHB 2652Read for the first time 5/24/21CA AB 1041 AB 1094 SB 225 SB 379 Ordered to inactive file 9/9/21 Approved by the Governor on 9/16/21 Hearing canceled 4/5/21 Hearing 5/20/21 HISB 618Passed second reading as amended and referred to committee 2/19/21NELB 231Active 1/5/22 NY A 7701A/S 677 Amended and recommitted to Correction 5/13/21